Special Memory or Event? Want to have some fun? Advertise your business? Dedicate this page On August 2, 1933, Mickey Cochrane of the Philadelphia Athletics hits for the cycle in a 16-3 rout of the New York Yankees. It marks the second time that the Hall of Fame catcher has hit for the cycle…
Carl Hubbell’s 45.1 consecutive scoreless innings streak ends when Randy Moore strokes a two-run single in the sixth inning of the Giants’ 3-1 loss to Boston at the Polo Grounds. By blanking Boston for the first five frames, the future Hall of Fame southpaw surpasses Ed Ruelbach’s National League mark of 44 innings established in 1908 with the Cubs.
Burleigh Grimes, nine days short of his 40th birthday, is released by the Cubs and signs with the Cardinals.
On July 30, 1933, Dizzy Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals sets a modern day major league record (since surpassed) by striking out 17 batters. The future Hall of Famer allows only six hits in defeating the Chicago Cubs, 8-2. Teammate catcher Jimmie Wilson also sets a new mark recording 18 putouts. in the Sportsman’s…
Future Yankees superstar Joe DiMaggio sees his 61-game hitting streak come to an end in the PCL game against the Oakland Oaks. The San Francisco Seals’ 19 year-old outfielder’s accomplishment sets a new minor league record, shattering the mark of 49 established by Jack Ness in 1914.
Yankee Lou Gehrig is thrown out of the second game in a doubleheader against Boston. Had it been the first game, his consecutive game streak would have ended.
On July 26, 1933, Rogers Hornsby signs a three-year contract as player/manager of the St. Louis Browns. Hornsby had just cleared waivers after being released one day earlier by the St. Louis Cardinals. Hornsby will manage the Browns until 1937.
A pair of bandits, who robbed a St. Louis drug store last week, send Dizzy Dean a gift as a goodwill gesture. After walking into the holdup, the thieves told the Cardinal right-hander to line up with the other innocent bystanders, but they would send six neckties because they had nothing against him personally.
Gabby Street, who led St. Louis to National League pennants in 1930 and 1931, is fired midseason by the Cardinals after the team gets off to a 46-45 start. Frank Frisch, the Redbirds second baseman, is named the player-manager of the fifth-place club, prior to a 10-1 exhibition rout of the Quincy Warriors of the Mississippi Valley League in Illinois.
Red Sox catcher Rick Ferrell hits a three-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning off his brother after Wes had gone deep in the top of the frame in the Indians’ 9-8 victory at Fenway Park. The pair of round-trippers marks the third time brothers have homered in the same game, but the first time the feat has been accomplished by siblings on opposing teams.
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